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thug

/θʌɡ/noun, verb1 syllable

Thug means: an aggressive and violent young criminal.

Synonyms for thug8

noun, as in an aggressive and violent young criminal

hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, tough, toughie, strong-armer

also used for thug

phansigar

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What does thug mean?2

noun

1

an aggressive and violent young criminal

verb

1

Acting like a criminal or antisocially but with positive connotations

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with thug?16

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Thug in a sentence

  • Trump is a thug, because he talks and acts like a thug.deniko
  • The small thug beat up the convenience store employee.Scott
  • Duelling was in improvement over the thug-gang skirmishing it replaced.halfb1t
  • Your thug friend tried to steal the bracelet.always
  • The police officer abused his power over the thug.Nuel
  • The movement of the inhabitants drove the band of thugs out of the town.unknown
  • Flavio was able to leave before the thugs reached him.Amastan
  • Edmundo was attacked by a group of thugs.Amastan

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Forms of thug

as a noun

plural
thugs

as a verb

third-person singular
thugs
present participle
thugging
past participle
thugged
past tense
thugged